The Annotated Lolita Post 5

I found it interesting how quickly things progressed in this reading. Out of nowhere, this man begins stalking Lolita and H. H. and in the end he has stolen her. Humbert Humbert's desperation is very apparent in these last chapters. All he wants is Lolita back with him but he has to solve this mystery by himself. He cannot go to the police because that could expose his secret. In the middle of the reading, Humbert Humbert starts noticing this new follower. And the reader starts to question if Humbert Humbert is making this up or if it is actually happening. There are many instances where Humbert Humbert's sanity is questionable. For example, one night when he was staying at a motel with Lolita Humbert Humbert recalling the night said, "I felt sure somebody was tapping at the door of our cabin, and I flung it open, and noticed two things- that I was stark naked and that, white-glistening in the rain-dripping darkness, there stood a man holding before his face the mask of Juting Chin, a grotesque sleuth in the funnies. He emitted a muffled guffaw and scurried away, and I reeled back into the room, and fell asleep again, and am not sure even to this day that the visit was not a drug-prvoked dream" (217).  From then on, Humbert Humbert keeps having these visuals and it makes the reader question if he is sane. This leads me to my first research question which touches on the psychoanalysis of Humbert Humbert. We are constantly trying to figure out Humbert Humbert and explain his attraction to Lolita and the reasoning behind his actions.